Amy McCready, author of The Me, Me, Me Epidemic.

Topic: A guide to raising capable, grateful kids in an over-entitled world

Issues: Signs that you may have an entitlement problem in your home; how to hand over age-appropriate decision making; how to cut back on giving in; offering real-life support to your kids; and much more.

David Bianchi, author of Blue Chip Kids.

Topic: What every child and parent should know about money, investing, and the stock market.

Issues: What is money? different ways of paying for things; the difference between stock markets and stock exchanges; stock options; funds; analyzing companies; borrowing money; net worth; taxes, and much more.

Richard Rende, coauthor of Raising Can-Do Kids.

Topic: Giving children the tools to thrive in a fast-changing world.

Issues: The importance of allowing time for unstructured, pretend play; getting children involved in chores on a regular basis; letting kids be samplers instead of specialists; reframing failure; emphasizing learning over grades; and much more.

Tom Clynes, author of The Boy Who Played with Fusion.

Topic: Extreme science, extreme parenting, and how to make a star

Issues: The amazing story of Taylor Wilson, an American teenager who became the youngest personever to build a working nuclear fusion reactor; the equally amazing choices Taylor’s parents made to fully support his intellectual passions; the social challenges of being off-the-charts brilliant.

Justin Sonnenburg, co-authhor of The Good Gut.

Topic: Taking control of your weight, your mood, and your long-term health

Issues: The relationship between our bodies and the trillions of organisms that live in our gut; the ways those organisms (called “microbiota”) determine whether we’re sick or healthy, fit or obese, sunny or moody; why our microbiota is facing a “mass extinction event.”

Alissa Hamilton, author of Got Milked?

Topic: The great dairy deception and why you’ll thrive without milk.

Issues: The major players in promoting milk in the U.S.; how milk makes us sick and increase the risk of bone fractures; the need to balance calcium–which we get a lot of–and Vitamin D and magnesium (which we’re not getting enough of).

Heather Flett, coauthor of The Rookie Mom’s Handbook.

Topic: Motherhood, fatherhood, the changing landscape of parenthood.

Issues: How motherhood has changed over the last 10 years; the mom blogging community; resources for new moms; the importance of letting the dad do things his way; the role of social media in creating communities of moms.

Martha Ertman, author of Love’s Promises.

Topic: How formal and informal contracts shape all kinds of families.

Issues: The difference between a “deal” (I cook dinner and you wash the dishes) and an enforceable contract; Type A families (heterosexual couple raising a biologically related child) vs. Type B families (pretty much every other kind of family imaginable); how contracts shape and sustain families as opposed to simply being cold and calculating.

Robert Sears, coauthor of The Allergy Book.

Topic: Solving your child’s allergies, asthma, food sensitivities, and related problems.

Issues: Allergy testing; nasal allergies and the asthma connection; wheat and gluten sensitivity; the importance of probiotics in a healthy immune system; preventing allergies before they happen.

Laura Markham, author of Peaceful Parents, Happy Siblings.

Topic: How to stop the fighting and raise friends for life.

Issues: The most common mistake parents make with siblings; why you shouldn’t force your kids to share; how and why to schedule meltdowns; ways to foster sibling bonding; when to intervene in a sibling fight; should you force your kids to apologize to each other after a fight?